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You mean something like UK's "I, Claudius"?
by jhgb 6y ago
You mean something like UK's "I, Claudius"?
- nullifidian 6y agoFrom what I've seen on youtube regarding British TV plays, they were much much higher budget, and much closer to just a normal TV series/film, maybe with a theatrical dramatic flare, while Soviet TV plays often had abstract "modern theatre" like decorations, fewer or no background characters, other cost cutting measures, much closer to theater in terms of production.
- bjelkeman-again 6y agoWhich, once you get over the low production values, is actually a very good series. Amazing actors, including Derek Jacobi. I once saw Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsey in a play on stage, Becket, which had a few cloths and spotlights as props. These people can act. It was amazing.
- jhgb 6y agoI never considered it a bad series. We had it on TV even behind the Iron Curtain before 1989.
- DavidAdams 6y agoThe production values of this Soviet Lord of the Rings strike me as quite similar to I, Claudius. And it's worth noting that the televised low-budget stage play production values of I, Claudius notwithstanding, it's one of the best television shows ever made.